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Friday, July 01, 2005

Oreo Truffle Balls

In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese for a couple minutes to smooth out. Add in just over 1/2 of the broken oreos and mix until thoroughly combined. Add in the rest of the oreos and mix just until combined - some bigger pieces are ok.

Cover bowl and chill for at least 2-3 hours. Scoop out dough with a heaping teaspoon and roll into 50-60 balls. Cover and place back in the refrigerator to firm up.

Slowly melt the white chocolate in a double boiler, stirring occasionally, until most of the chunks are smooth. Remove and stir to melt the rest of the chocolate. Dip each truffle ball and set aside on a silpat or parchment paper. If the chocolate mixture starts to firm up, place back over the double boiler to slowly remelt, or gently rewarm in the microwave. Store in the refrigerator after all are dipped.

If you want to have smooth chocolate coating, try putting a little bit of parafin wax in the melted chocolate. Alternately, you can try a bit of butter. I like to dip while these type of things (cookies too) are over a cake cooling rack set on parchment paper in a jelly pan so that I can reuse the chocolate that drips off.

If you want to poke it with a bamboo skewer or toothpick and then dip, the hole is easy to cover, but your smooth coating might not be so smooth. Cover it up by "piping" the chocolate over the dipped piece. Don't know how to pipe icing? Put some melted whatever-you're-using into a zip close sandwich bag and squeeze out all the air. Seal the zip closure. Roll the top down over itself until you get to the bottom, then tip the bag so that the bulk of it is only in one corner. This is how you will pipe after you cut a teeny hole. You can always cut a bigger hole, but it's hard and messy to make it smaller.

Had these today at a Christmas party for work, and loved it. It was actually the first bite I took before my German lunch. I don't like Oreos in the least, but I think the cream cheese cuts the sweet so that I can tolerate it.

Someone brought these to my work Christmas party, they are to die for. My husband is an Oreo nut so these will be a favorite of ours for season's to come. Way too easy. You can make them in stages if you're short on time.

Always use parchment paper when making chocolates. Also invest in a pair of cheap white cotton gloves and a set of candy making tools. The gloves keep finger prints off of your beautiful chocolate and it keeps them from melting from the heat of your hands.

The tools are great for dipping items (pretzles, truffles, nuts) into melted chocolate. They are available at AC Moore and Michaels.

A student at my mom's school brings these in every year to her and she always gives them to me because I love them soooo much!! I hope this is the same recipe that the student uses. This was her last year in the school so no more of these! I want to cry!!! hehe.

I made these at Christmas. I used nonpareils mix sprinkled on top to make them look a bit more festive. I made a batch and substituted mint extract for the vanilla. Then I sprinkled them with green nonpareils so I could tell the difference. They were delicious.

Judy said: I tried one a friend had and searched the net for the recipe. They're soooo gooood that you can not eat just 1! I made them, took them to work and a gal said they were better than eating fudge and a guy said they were orgasmic, everyone loved them and want me to bring more.

I love these things. I had them at a wedding, ate about 4 before someone told me they have cream cheese in them. Since I don't like cream cheese, I was shocked! I will definitely be trying to make these myself!!!

I just tried this recipe last weekend at a baby shower. As a different spin on things, she added food coloring to the chocolate, so we had "pink oreo truffles". They were some of the best sweets I have EVER had!

Hi Joe - these sound excellent. at the risk of sounding dumb - how do you dip the balls in the melted chocolate without getting fingerprints in the chocolate or missing the spot where your fingers are holding the ball.

Hi - not sure if you're still checking comments here since this post was originally from 2005. Had these at work this week and they are addictive. They're on my list for the family brunch this Christmas. I knew I had seen your recipe somewhere so I Googled and found it. Can't wait to make these. BTW, I am a regular subscriber to your blog as well. Keep up the good work!

I made these after I had them at a friends house. Super easy recipe to remember. I made them using Double Stuffed Cool Mint Oreos. They were a hit with my family and the kids. I can't wait to try the peanut butter ones.

A family friend made these for my baby shower. She made the regular and the mint kind and they were wonderful!! She used white chocolate with blue food coloring to make a light blue drizzle for the top. It looked and tasted great. My favorite candy of all time!

I put some of the melted choColate in an ice cube tray, then added the Oreo mixture ball, then spooned chocolate over it filling in the sides and covering the ball. Then put it in freezer for about 20 minutes.

You have to flip the ice cube tray over and give it a few good slams against the counter...but they'll come out...nice, smooth and professional looking.

I just made a batch. I used two types of chocolate chips mixed with Crisco shortening which I melted in the microwave. I put the balls in the freezer for about an hour. The chocolate immediately started to harden on the cold balls. I also added chopped walnuts to some of them. Delicious, but now I have to get rid of them as I will eat them all and get sick.

I've bookmarked this recipe for a long time and finally made it yesterday. I just wanted to add that I found chopsticks to be better for handling them while dipping, rather than toothpicks or skewers. But I suppose that'd only be the case for people used to using chopsticks.

Anyway, thanks for a great recipe! I made it with some friends for Valentine's Day and they turned out great! :)

Wow I am so excited you have this on your site. I was just sitting here thinking about the time I had these at a party but I could only remember the cream cheese and covered in chocolate. It was driving me nuts. My husband is coming home from being over seas so I am trying to create a nice desert for his homecoming and you have exactly what I need. I love these truffles, addicting is what they are.